By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official rowed back on
Monday from remarks by colleagues that Guantanamo Bay
prisoners' suicides were an act of war and a "good PR move,"
after the comments were condemned abroad.

By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Seventy-five prisoners at the U.S. naval
base in Guantanamo were on a hunger strike on Monday, joining a
few who have refused food and been force-fed since August, a
military official said. Cmdr.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE (Reuters) - Four Guantanamo
prisoners tried to commit suicide on Thursday and several
others attacked guards who rushed in to halt one of the
attempts, a camp spokesman said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Thursday
reported a major surge since Christmas Day in the number of
Guantanamo Bay prisoners taking part in a nearly 5-month-old
hunger strike, with 84 currently refusing food. Army Lt. Col.

By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Shackled at the wrists and ankles and
forced to wear earmuffs and black goggles as he was driven in a
sweltering truck to a small and isolated cell, the Muslim
former chaplain at the Guantanamo prison figured he knew what
was coming next.

Word of the Day

pawl

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.